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Saturday, September 21, 2024
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Topic: athletes

Coach Purshottam Rai dies day before he was to receive Dronacharya Award

The 79-year-old took part in the rehearsal for the National Sports Awards but later suffered a heart attack Friday night, sources said.

Trump bats for return of sports, says it’s essential for American psyche

Trump, who promised robust testing of athletes and audience, had signalled some impatience with plans that would see games resume with few or no in-person viewers.

WADA’s 4-year doping ban should scare all Russians

President Putin and his underlings in the sports hierarchy essentially have decided to shrug off the damage to the athletic careers of some, who are Russia’s pride and glory, instead of admitting guilt.

How India’s dope-testing establishment is failing our athletes

The recent spate of positive dope tests by athletes is not just a reflection of NDTL’s quality, but also NADA’s failure to implement its policies effectively.

M.S. Dhoni will now connect athletes to desperately-needed resources

Cricketer buys stake in a startup app called Run Adam, which intends to help athletes connect to sponsors, coaches and other resources.

Athletes can’t run

It takes the enterprise, networking, ambition, and thick skin and greed of a politician, a businessman or even a bureaucrat to build, manage and then monetise a sport in India.

On Camera

Mamata’s brush with protesting doctors serves a lesson. She’s now a failed Chief Minister

In the last 42 days of cease work, the junior doctors achieved unprecedented support from the people of Kolkata and beyond. And very little concessions from CM Mamata Banerjee.

Chemistry of curd to physics of paratha, GST rates on food are a multi-disciplinary tangle

Issue of GST on food items is in news again after hotel owner’s viral interaction with Finance Minister Sitharaman last week. But complexities highlighted go back further in time.

Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant joins Navy’s Western Fleet, ready for deployment

With the integration of the deck-based fighter jets MiG-29K now complete, Vikrant now has an overall capability to carry 30 helicopters and fixed-wing fighters.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.